FTA: “Want a free tree for your yard or neighborhood? L.A.’s Green New Deal to plant 90,000 trees in the city over the next two years is a bonus for residents. The city will give out up to seven free yard and/or street trees to qualifying residents. More than two dozen species are listed on the city’s website, with information about their projected height and defining characteristics. Most are drought-tolerant.
Small trees include crape myrtles, which can grow to a height of 25 feet and have pink, red or white flowers. Medium trees include silk floss trees, which can reach 25 to 35 feet in height and have pink flowers; evergreen olive trees; and jacarandas, with their mesmerizing blue or lavender flowers. Jacarandas can grow to 50 feet high. Large trees, some of which can reach 80 feet tall, include coast live oaks, which are native to parts of L.A.; Canary Island, Italian stoneandAfrican fern pines;and deodar cedars, native to the Himalayas.“
A family can sit at their computer in their PJs, pick out a tree online and have it delivered to their yard,” said L.A.’s first forest officer, Rachel Malarich. “All the work is done for them up to the actual planting. But don’t worry. The trees come with stakes, ties and fertilizer pellets, along with easy-to-follow instructions on how to plant them.”
This is a good project though it’s interesting that there isn’t much focus on planting native trees. Out of the 24 trees listed that you can select for your yard, only 2 are native! And it’s weird that they suggest eastern redbud instead of western redbud. I don’t know much about western tree species, I know they have more of what would be considered shrubs than full size trees, and I know that many people think that the native species there are butt ugly (they aren’t of course), but a win-win for the ecosystem would be planting native trees everywhere.
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